A fahua 'lotus and egret' jar, Ming dynasty | 明　琺華路路清廉紋罐

the robustly potted broad-shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading flat base to a short waisted neck with collared rim, slip decorated and brightly glazed in cream, yellow and turquoise with egrets in the pond with large lotus blossoms divided by leaves on rockwork issuing from foaming waves, all below a beaded necklace decorated with auspicious emblems reserved on a rich dark blue ground, the interior and mouth rim glazed in green, Japanese wood box

34 cm